Business Insider Presentation: US hospitals preparing for millions of hospitalizations Preparing for the worst: In particular, the slide points out that hospitals should prepare for an impact to the system that's 10 times a severe flu season. Strain on the health system is why we should do everything we can to flatten this curve by slowing transmission. Recommended · Mar 7th, 2020, 11:44 amhealth covid-19 Paul Bausch